Towel cabinet



H.'C. WHEELER.

' TOWEL CABINET.

. APPUCATION HLED JAN-28,1921.

Patented May 30, 1922.

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HARVEY 0. WHEELER, or LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARVEY C. l/VHnELnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lexington, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Towel Cabin ts, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The object of this invention is the construction of a, towel-holding case wherein an elongated towel is unwound from one spindle and wound up on a second to conceal its used portion and to present a fresh portion, the spindles being adapted for ready detachment and reapplication for permits ting a clean length of towelling to be substituted for one which has been used.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Fig. l is a side view of a towel cabinet embodying my improvement, one of the actuating knobs being represented as cut off. Fig. 2 is a side sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the cabinet showing the spindles being removed. Fig. 4 is a front sectional view on the line t-4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailed view of another form of actuating device.

The towel cabinet comprises a back 1, sides 2, top '3, bottom 4., one or two shelves5, two spindles 6 rotatable in the sides 2, and a length of towelling 7 attached at its ends to the spindles 6, and substantially all wound upon one spindle when supplied in a clean condition.

The spindles 6 are preferably square or otherwise polygonal in cross section for the better retention of the towelling, for by thus being polygonal, it is only necessary to give one or two winds of the fabric thereon in order to hold the same with practical security. Each spindle is provided with an actuating knob 9 at one end, having a neck 10 between it and the remainder of the spindle, and its other end is reduced to turn in a hole 11 in a side of the case.

In the right hand side 2, as we face the case, is formed a bearing for the neck 10 of each spindle, each bearing consisting of two holes 13, l teut into each other but of unequal diameters, the hole 13 being of a size to fit the neck 10, and the hole 14 being large enough'to receive the knob 9 and the spindle itsel I These bearings are so disposed that the Specification of Letterslztteht. I p -m t ag 1922, Application filed January as, 1921. Serial no. 44.0371.

ridge 15' which'partially separates the two In use, I prefer to locate the fresh towelling uponthe lower spindle, the upper end of the towelling being attached to the upper spindle, with the length between the spindles stretched substantially taut, as indi- .cated in Fig. 2. To use the towel, the normally vertical section is drawn forward, unwinding from the lower spindle, until enoughthereof is in hand for convenient As soon as the hands or face or both have been suitably wiped, the upper spindle is turned by the application of the hand to its knob 9, until the soiled section of the towel is wound thereon and only a fresh section is in sight.

VVhenall the towelling has become soiled and wound upon the upper spindle, the latter is removed by pressing its neck 10 upward and forward into the larger hole 14:, against the action of the spring 16. Then the spindle end is pushed through the hole 14 far enough to withdraw its reduced end from the hole 11, and to permit such end to be swung forward beyond the front edge of the side 2. This being done, the knob 9 can be withdrawn through the hole 14 andthe spindle and towelling entirely removed. J

In like manner, the lower spindle can be removed from the case, if the end of the towelis fastened thereto as is often preferable. a

In place of the knobs 9, a crank arm 17 bent up from metal rod can be used, a part serving instead of the neck 10 and inserted into the end of the spindle and fastened therein, asshown in Fig. 5. This'c'rank arm can be withdrawn through thehole' 14."

nearly as easily as the knob, by suitably swinging and turning the spindle to allow the sections thereof to pass through the hole.

It is, of course, readily seen that the case need not have its sides 2 cut away, but their front edges can be straight, and a door 110V said sides, and a length of toweling termi-- nally attached to saidspindles and designed to be wound thereon, each spindle having a reduced portion at one end and a neck at its other-.end,= and turning means connectedwith said neck exterior to the case, one of said sides having holes revolubly receiving said reduced ends, and the other side having two-holes for each spindle, one of which holes fits the said neck and the other of which loosely receivesboth an end of the spindle and the turning means, each small 2. A towel cabinet coinprlsing a case hole opening into its associated large hole, but none of the holes cutting through to the front edge oi the cabinet sides.

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ing sides, spindles revolubly supported in said sides, and a length orf'toweling terminally attached to said spindles and designed to be wound thereon, the supporting means for each spindleernbracing a large holeand a small hole opening into each other, each spindle having a neck fitting the associated small hole, and a knob carried by said neck exterior of the "side and adapted to be with- I drawn froniwithin through the large hole.

In testimony-that I claim th e foregoing invention, Ihave hereunto set my hand this 26th day of January, 1921'. v HARVEY WHEELER. 

